Well I finished "The Catcher in the Rye" today. It was a good book. Although I'm sure that everyone in my English class thinks Holden is crazy, I don't think he is...at least not too much. He's a lot like me. With some points exaggerated a little more. That was a cool book, though. I've adored everything we've read so far this year. Junior year English books rock!

Today was a so-so day. It started out OK, except for the part where I kept changing my outfit a billion times at home and then stupidly decided to try some new lipgloss but it came out really crappy and then Alyssa came when I was trying to get it off and then it made me look like I had been making out with someone (you know, when it looks smeared all over the outside skin of your lips, all over your mouth) and so I had to put on some foundation to get rid of it and then I had to scramble. I did like English. Kyle and Austin said my poem was good. lol Yay. Ummm...and Math was ehhhh...not too interesting. Science was weird. We were pretty much done with our Power Point, Alyssa and I, so we looked at Bigfoot stories online. Digital Arts was stressful and boring, as it has been lately. Lunch was much better because I actually decided to wait for Derek or anyone I knew up by the gym and then I saw Brittany. We found Angie and then we walked around and saw Derek and Anna and decided to see what they were up to... I still haven't seen Robert, besides last Friday. So it's been about a week. That's lame. I wonder where he is!?

Anyway, so lunch made me feel pretty good about myself. You know how it is, finding people I haven't seen in awhile...hanging out with them. I'm glad I stayed up there. US History was OK. We are talking about WWII. I'm pretty interested in it, but not as much as some people. I just find it sad. Actually, I don't like it much. I hope we move on to something else soon. Class would have probably been good if I still wasn't in the seat I am in. In the front. And Mr. Bentley talks from near the door, which is somewhat behind me. So if I want to watch him talk (which is much better than NOT watching him talk, because if you don't watch him then you miss out on lots of funny stuff and you feel stupid.) then I have to turn practically all the way around. And if I do that, then people just look at you funny. And then you just feel weird. So for most of the class, I just stared at my paper and messed around with my pen and pretended to think. It was pretty boring. If you can't watch an interesting teacher all of a sudden, then the class stinks. History is horrible if the teacher is boring. Luckily I've always had cool history teachers. I just don't like sitting in the front of classes. You feel like you're supposed to do something. Like look at something specific or act a certain way. Because you're visible to everyone...it's kinda weird. I dunno. I just don't like it. I'd rather be in the back; then I could watch everyone. And I would be more relaxed and not as "twitchy", as Mr. B would most likely say. You know, I'm kinda hoping we move seats soon. I mean, I like everyone I sit by mostly. They have humorous commentary and side conversations. But there are lots of other people I wanna sit by, too. I just hope I don't get stuck in the front again. And I hope I don't get surrounded by girls. Ugh. I hate it when that happens.

Dance was OK. Mostly I just sat there and watched people get tested on their Irish Dancing abilities. Yesterday I'd said I would volunteer to go today, but I chickened out and just didn't go. I'll do it tomorrow. I was really tired today. I don't know why. I got more sleep than the day before. I think that sometimes, if I don't wear socks to bed, it makes me tired in the morning. If I put on socks, I fall asleep much faster. Last night I wasn't wearing any socks. Maybe it messes me up inside and makes me tired all day. Who knows.

At home...recently...all that's happened is that I did my Algebra homework. At least that's the only useful, intelligent thing I've done. I played The Sims 2 for a bit, but then it crashed on me. I was kinda glad, though, cuz if it hadn't I probably wouldn't have quit for hours. I was too lazy to restart the game. So I ate a banana and grabbed a nasty glass of orange juice. I brought some DVDs up to my room. Shrek 2, POTC, and The Lion King. Those were pretty random choices. I don't ever really watch those. But I've seen all my other DVDs so many times recently. I needed something different. But I didn't even watch the movies. I watched some scenes near the end of Shrek 2. Then I decided to go look for the "Lookin Out For A Hero" song. I like both versions from the movie. I searched forever and it always said you had to pay. It was getting pretty annoying. It's quite difficult to find free mp3 downloads these days. Really. I used to be such a master at downloading mp3s off of web sites. I knew all the reliable places and I could find a song pretty fast. Now it takes hours or even days sometimes. Stupid Kazaa made me lazy.

Anyway, so I finally did find those songs. I found them through Google, which linked me to a porn site which for some odd reason had the entire soundtrack for free download. So I got it. Yup. No viruses, either!

Then I tried to do the computer extras on the POTC DVD. It wouldn't do anything, so I finally realized I should read the case to see the requirements. I had most of them. The ones I didn't have, I downloaded. But the extra crap still didn't work. It says on the case that it may not work on all PCs. I guess mine applies there.

So I gave up on that stupid idea and listened to "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" from The Lion King DVD. I like that song. I used to hate it when I was little because it's pretty slow and in a boring part of the movie. But now that I'm older I like it. I didn't like slow songs when I was little. I remember I had some old radio in my room when I was a really little kid. And I'd listen to it at night to help me go to sleep. (That'd never work now, but...whatever...) It was all oldies. Most oldies are pretty happy and upbeat songs. But when a slow one came on, I would always cry. I don't know why. I just cried. Then I would get my dad to come in and change the station. I still don't like slow songs much. But they're the only ones I'll dance to in public.

Now I'm just typing...I wonder if Allison is still mad at me. I IMed her cuz her away message said "Talking to my boo". I said "my BOOOO-OOOOO" like they say in the song. But she didn't answer. I said a few more things and she finally responded, but a lot later. One of the things I said was "It's not boo. It's beau." And when she IMed me back later she said "It's boo, you idiot." See how hostile she is? So I said "No, it's beau. Usher's just stupid. It's not boo in real life." And then I don't know what happened next. I always forget the climax of arguements and fights...it's always the part where my brain switches into defense/fight mode. So maybe while it's doing that, it doesn't remember stuff. That's my theory... But anyway, so she got mad. I told her to "Fuck off" but I misspelled it. Oh well. Then she said "Stop talking to me" and I said some crap and she did too and then before I could block her, she blocked me. I'm kinda slow with AIM these days. And everytime I try to warn her, it says I can't. What's up with that??

Hey, my arms are getting sore. I'm gonna go. Adios.

--Ash

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